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  • Fall Native Plant Sale 2023

    Rhodes on the Pawtuxet 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston

    Solidago sempervirens, seaside goldenrod with common buckeye butterfly On August 26 from 9 AM to noon find our booth at the  Pawtuxet Village Farmer’s Market 60 Rhodes Place from 9 - 11 am. More details

  • First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Maxwell Mays Wildlife Refuge

    Coventry, RI

    Seaside goldenrod with common buckeye butterfly In late summer the flora begins to change as asters and goldenrods bloom and seeds and fruits mature. Animals rely on many plants for food and shelter while many plants rely on animals for pollination and dispersal. At times the interactions get quite defensive. If you would like to […]

  • Nature Walk: Birds & Their Habitat – Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge

    Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge 1040 Matunuck Schoolhouse Road, South Kingstown 02879, Rhode Island

    Hummingbirds buzzing wild bergamot (Monada fistulosa), Trustom Pond. Photo: Carmen Rugel September is a great time to look for migrating birds! Come on a nature walk with fellow bird and native plant enthusiasts on Friday September 15, 2023 from 10 am to noon at the Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge in South Kingston, RI. From […]

  • First Thursday Botanizing Walk – Taylor Point Nature Preserve

    Jamestown, RI

    On Thursday October 5, 2023, from 10 am to noon, come explore some of the Taylor Point Nature Preserve. It has a variety of natural communities within its 20 acres, including maritime woodlands and shrub lands and 4000 feet of shoreline along the East Passage.  A multi-year plant inventory has produced a list of 143 […]

  • Lisa Lofland Gould Lecture: Native Plant Supply Chain

    URI Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, Thomas Ryan Auditorium 120 Flagg Rd, Kingston, RI

    NOTE.  Page updated on November 12 with NEW LOCATION OF THIS PROGRAM Thomas Ryan Auditorium, Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences (CBLS) Upstairs Lobby and Lecture Hall 120 Flagg Road on the URI Kingston Campus. What are the challenges, opportunities and issues related to sourcing and supplying native plants, especially as demand for these plants […]

  • Beechwood Lecture: Planning for Residential Turf Resilience Organically

    Beechwood Center 44 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI, United States

    On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm, join Dana Millar, owner of Dana Designs, at Beechwood Center, 44 Beach Street, North Kingston. Organically grown turf is not […]

  • 2024 Annual Meeting & Presentations

    KIngston Congregational Church (Fellowship Hall) 2610 Kingstown Road, Kingston, RI

    RIWPS annual meeting will take place from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Fellowship Hall of the Kingston Congregational Church, 2610 Kingstown Road Kingston, RI on Saturday, March 23, 2024.  […]

  • Tour the Brown Herbarium

    Brown University Herbarium 171 Meeting Street (Room 225), Providence, RI

    Tour Brown University Herbarium on April 1 from 10 to 11:30 am.  The Brown Herbarium is located on the second floor of the Biomedical Center, 171 Meeting St, Providence.   […]